| 5,783,781 |
2.02053 |
45.28967 |
Somalia |
|
Suspected al Shabaab fighters fired at least four mortar rounds at Mogadishu airport (Wadajir District) in the night of 01/01. No casualties were reported. It is suspected that the mortars were fired from Jazeera area. Is not clear if the targets were military or civilian. |
| 5,783,785 |
2.02053 |
45.28967 |
Somalia |
|
Ten are killed and 37 injured when a car bomb rammed into the car of a military commander parked next to the hotel Jazeera, near the UN complex. Reports indicate that military forces or escorts of government officials in the area shot at each other in the chaos after the initial explosion. Following the explosion and second blast occurred when ambulances gathered to aid the hurt. Al Shabaab later claimed responsibility for the attack. |
| 5,783,788 |
9.40701 |
45.06358 |
Somalia |
|
A group marches in protest of an unknown issue in Oodweyne on 01/01. It is not clear if the protest is related to a second demonstration the following day. |
| 5,783,791 |
9.74503 |
45.63403 |
Somalia |
|
Drivers of trucks transporting goods to Sool and Sanaag regions staged a peaceful demonstration at the eastern checkpoint in Burao on 01/01 in protest against new tax imposed on goods to other regions. The new tax was imposed by both local and central government. The owners of the goods held a meeting with local authorities on the matter without any consensus. |
| 5,783,795 |
2.04393 |
45.3 |
Somalia |
|
Unidentified attackers hurled a hand grenade at Mubarak Hotel along Maka Al-Makarama Road (Hodan District) in the evening of 01/10. The target of the attackers is not known. One security guard was injured in the blast. The perpetrators escaped. |
| 5,783,799 |
2.73617 |
44.34244 |
Somalia |
|
A vigilantes from Osman Mohamud sub-clan doused a civilian man from the same clan with petrol and burned him to death in Qardho on 01/01. Reports indicate that the incident is believed to be related with previous killings between the two sub-clans (not identified, though likely Majeerteen or Dhulbahante) of Osman Mohamud. |
| 5,783,803 |
3.11718 |
43.6469 |
Somalia |
|
A government soldier shot and killed two civilian men in Baidoa in the morning of 01/01 after suspecting the two of being al Shabaab operatives. Other soldiers arrived at the scene and arrested the perpetrator. |
| 5,783,807 |
4.54198 |
43.02254 |
Somalia |
|
Al Shabaab fighters opened fire at a civilian vehicle near Washaqo Village in Yeed District in the morning of 01/10. The motive of the attack is unclear. Two people -the brother of local Washaqo Village chairman and the son of the chairman's driver -were killed and another person was injured in the attack. The perpetrators escaped. |
| 5,783,812 |
3.31817 |
43.47315 |
Somalia |
|
An RCIED planted in a teashop in Goof Gaduud village (28km NW of Baidoa) exploded on 02/01, killing the deputy chairman of the village and injuring three soldiers and three civilians. The perpetrators escaped. It is not clear if the intended target was the deputy chairman or the soldiers. |
| 5,783,815 |
8.2516 |
46.31572 |
Somalia |
|
A group of people mostly youths and women staged a peaceful demonstration in Buuhoodle on 02/01 in support of Puntland new MPs from Dhulbahante clan. The protestors chanted pro-Puntland slogans during the demonstration. |
